Chapter 54
one in the room commented, watching the scene unfold with little surprise. It was as if they had seen this kind of
“I didn’t expect Ms. Smith to have such a fiery temper,“ someone in
situation before. “Seems like it’s that temper Mr. Quigley likes. “
“Mrs. Quigley, care for a drink?” Someone intentionally emphasized the terms of address.
Wayne’s gaze never shifted from Victoria. He showed no concern for her resistance. “Why aren’t you going?”
Victoria’s hand holding the glass shard trembled slightly, but her feet inched toward the door.
Everyone in the room noticed this motion
“Mr. Smith, it looks like you’re not that interested in rebuilding your company, after all, one of the men remarked. He put his wine glass down, looking visibly displeased. “If that’s the case, I’ll skip the drink”
The glass was slammed on the table with a load thud, and Wayne’s expression hardened
He had fought hard to re–establish connections and rebuild his business, and he wouldn’t let this rebellious daughter ruin everything.
When he first found out she had married Leon, he had hoped to leverage their relationship to save his company, but she had told Leon she didn’t know him, causing him to miss muny opportunities.
“I’ll give you one last chance,” Warme said, eyeing the glass shard in her hand. “Otherwise, don’t blame me for disregarding our father daughter relationship.” Victoria ignored him
What lather–daughter relationship was there left between them?
monwet and snatched the glass shard from her hand.
Seeing her unyielding, he couldn’t care less anymore. He waited for the right mor
Victoria swung the glass shard wildly, its sharp edge ready to cut, bet Wayne was determined to win over the men in the room and was willing to risk getting hurt. The sharp edge of the glass sliced his hand deeply
Ignoring the pain, Wayne gripped the glass shard with force, yanked it from her hands, and threw it to the floor.
It shattered on the floor
With a dark expression, he snarled “Go pour drinks for the gentlemen.”
”
“Don’t make me call the police,” Victoria retorted, waving the phone she had been gripping in her left hand. She tapped the emergency dial number and held the screen up before him. “I’m happy to let these gentlemen go on a little tour of the police station ”
“you think the police will care about getting you to serve a few drinks?” Wayne was a seasoned manipulator who wasn’t afraid of such threats.
“The police might not care about that,” she responded, wiping the lipstick from her lips as she scanned the room. “But if I make the call, do you think they’ll believe this is just a casual matter when they see my disheveled hair and bruised body?”
“You!” Wayne’s fury surged.
“That whole scene of you dragging me across the hallway to this room was probably recorded by the surveillance cameras, Victoria’s eyes were steely. “Goess what the outcome
With things escalating to this point, no one in the private lounge was in the mood anymore. Nobody wanted the situation to reach the point of police involvement. They spoke up one after another.
“Mr. Smith, make sure you teach your people some manners before bringing them out next
“Since you can’t even handle your daughter, we might need to reconsider doing business with you.”
“No wonder Mr. Quigley never helped you even after marrying your daughter. Looks like he saw through your lack of ability.”
Each remark further soured Wayne’s mood, but since he needed something from them, he could only force a smile and keep talking nicely. Victoriaput
phone away and walked
The moment she stepped into the cab, she felt the tension in her body finally release,
that she had never seen the darker skle of the
She had been holding on by a thread in the private lounge. As Leon had said, she had born so well protected by him over the years tha world. When she was dragged into the lounge by Wayne and heard those words, she was momentarily taken aback.
But she had slowly regained composure, and now, she understood something. She and Leon were strangers. Apart from her troublesome tather, people who used to dislike her would probably start coming after her one by one.
After all, Leon had been helping her for years, and in this circle, there was no shortage of people who would kick her while she was down.
Her thoughts turned grim as the wright of everything began to sink in.
Her phone pinged with a new message from Wayne. “You’ll pay for what you did iga
Without hesitation, she blocked him.
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She didn’t know what the cost would be, but whatever it was, she would tacelt head–on
